Kochi, July 7 -- Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar has expressed hope that a FIR will be registered over allegations of discovery of unaccounted cash at residence of Justice Yashwant Varma during a fire incident when he was a judge of Delhi High Court and said there is need to go into the root of the matter.

Interacting with the students and faculty members at the National University of Advance Legal Studies (NUALS) today, the Vice President said that the government at the central level is handicapped because an FIR cannot be registered in view of a judgment of the Supreme Court rendered in early 90s.

"Our judiciary had Ides of March on the night intervening 14th and 15th March...Cash in large amount was found at the official reside...